Looming crisis in housing for elderly
Audine Robson is sharing a large Auckland home with 11 other pensioners.
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New housing project will provide accommodation for over 150 homeless people
"A particularly nice way of using existing housing but re-purposing it to meet the need."
Business group says 'no' to rough sleepers re-run
Business group says no to rough-sleeper project declared a success by councillor.
Budget a good start but more needed to fix twin plagues, say Sallies and Union
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Hawkesby: The alarming rise of the working poor
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Poverty still disadvantaging too many kids
EDITORIAL: After years of reports and investigations, is anything actually changing?
100k Kiwi kids living in severe poverty
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Over 330 new families need help every week - Salvation Army
Poverty is reaching "crisis" levels in New Zealand.
Murder mystery: Deathbed confession of Kiwi serial killer
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First new state houses for Whanganui in decades
New state houses being built in Whanganui are to be ready to occupy by mid-year.
Editorial: Re-think on state housing to be applauded
New houses represent a U-turn by Housing NZ -- and it is most welcome.
How Fiji evacuation plan saved lives
The entire population of two islands took shelter in evacuation centres.
Brian Rudman: Twyford hits own thumb with hammer
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Donate tampons so girls don't miss school: Sallies
The Salvation Army has launched an appeal for sanitary products.
Rents set to soar, says Property Institute
Sallies and property agent say Whanganui's rental market still as tight as ever.
Back-to-school costs have parents worried
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Sallies helping parents get tablets for schoolkids
Some low-income are families considering turning to high-rate lenders.
'Appalling' amounts of rubbish left by Xmas revellers
A Long Bay boy was 'sad and disappointed' at the Boxing Day mess left in the regional park
Countdown donates $120,000 to food rescue charities
A total of $120,000 will be donated to charities in Countdown's Food Rescue programme.
Foreign rest home workers face expulsion
Report calls for change to "unjust" migrant worker visa rules
Local Focus: Tokoroa resident desperate to find a home
"I just want a second chance!" Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Whangarei organic gardeners cop spray drift
Retired couple upset their large, rural organic garden has been poisoned.
Wait-list growing for a roof overhead
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Inequality 'death by 100 cuts'
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Govt buys two more motels for homeless
Govt has now bought six motels to provide emergency housing.
Forget giving up coffee, save the big bucks
Who wants to save $4 on a coffee when you could save $200 on your rent?
Auckland refugees seeking Sallies' help
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Watch NZH Local Focus: Ladies who lunch raising money for charity
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Girls using gym socks as sanitary pads
Donations of sanitary items are increasing for the Salvation Army to distribute.
Labour bill doesn't go far enough - Sallies
Neither Labour nor National is addressing landlord's 'total power' in NZ, the Sallies say.